'Why Trump makes me scared for my family'

June 25, 2016 10:08

In an op-ed published by the New York Times, American actor and comedian Aziz Ansari speaks of the fears that the political ascendance of Donald Trump and his ilk have brought forth for hard-working, law-abiding Muslim Americans in the name of combating the tide of ISIS.

'I am the son of Muslim immigrants,' writes Ansari, 'And in the aftermath of the horrible attack in Orlando, Fla., I realized how awful it was to tell an American citizen to be careful about how she worshiped.'

'Being Muslim American already carries a decent amount of baggage. In our culture, when people think "Muslim," the picture in their heads is not usually of the Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or the kid who left the boy band One Direction. It's of a scary terrorist character from "Homeland" or some monster from the news,' says Ansari.

'Today, with the presidential candidate Donald J Trump and others like him spewing hate speech, prejudice is reaching new levels. It's visceral, and scary, and it affects how people live, work and pray. It makes me afraid for my family,' states the comedian who appears on the Netflix show 'Master of None'.

The piece can be read in its entirety HERE.

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